DBD, PSB, ACB control statements
A DBD control statement, PSB control statement, or ACB control statement specifies the members to compare.
DBD control statement
- DBD=member
- The members (member) in the libraries specified in the DBDLIB DD and DBDLIB2 DD statements are to be compared. The result is written to DBD Compare reports.
- DBD=member1:member2
- The member (member1) in the library that is specified in the DBDLIB DD statement and the member (member2) in the library that is specified in the DBDLIB2 DD statement are to be compared. The results are written to the DBD Compare report.
- DBD=member,ACB
- The members (member) in the libraries that are specified in the DBDLIB DD and ACBLIB2 DD statements are to be compared at their source level. The result is written to DBD Compare reports. The abbreviation A can be used instead of the parameter ACB.
PSB control statement
- PSB=member
- The members (member) in the libraries specified in the PSBLIB DD and PSBLIB2 DD statements are to be compared. The result is written to PSB Compare reports.
- PSB=member1:member2
- The member (member1) in the library that is specified in the PSBLIB DD statement and the member (member2) in the library that is specified in the PSBLIB2 DD statement are to be compared. The results are written to the PSB Compare report.
- PSB=member,ACB
- The members (member) in the libraries that are specified in the PSBLIB DD and ACBLIB2 DD statements are to be compared at their source level. The result is written to PSB Compare reports. The abbreviation A can be used instead of the parameter ACB.
ACB control statement
- ACB=member
- The members (member) in the libraries specified in the ACBLIB DD and ACBLIB2 DD statements are to be compared. The result is written to ACB Compare reports.
- ACB=member1:member2
- The member (member1) in the library that is specified in the ACBLIB DD statement and the member (member2) in the library that is specified in the ACBLIB2 DD statement are to be compared. The results are written to the ACB Compare report.
- ACB=member,parameter
- The members (member) in the libraries that are specified in the ACBLIB DD
statement are to be compared to the members in the libraries that are specified in the DBDLIB2 DD,
PSBLIB2 DD, or in both DD statements at their source level. The results are written to ACB Compare
reports. The following options can be specified for parameter (the allowed abbreviation is shown in parentheses):
- DBD (D)
- This option specifies that the members in the libraries that are specified in the ACBLIB are to be compared to the members in the libraries that are specified in DBDLIB2 at their source level.
- PSB (P)
- This option specifies that the members in the libraries that are specified in the ACBLIB are to be compared to the members in the libraries that are specified in PSBLIB2 at their source level.
- BOTH (B)
- This option specifies that the members in the libraries that are specified in the ACBLIB are to be compared to the members in the libraries specified in DBDLIB2 and PSBLIB2 at their source level.
Use of wildcards
For member and member1 (the first member name), you can specify a wildcard in any position of a character string. The asterisk (*) and the percent sign (%) are supported as wildcard characters. An asterisk represents 0 - 8 characters, and a percent sign represents a single character. If two or more asterisks are specified sequentially, only the first asterisk is recognized. You cannot use wildcard characters to specify member2 (the second member name).
Quick reference for DBD, PSB, ACB control statements and DD statements
The following table lists the DBD/PSB/ACB Compare functions, control statements, and DD statements.
| Function | Control keyword | Required DD statements (O: Optional R: Required) |
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| SYS |
SYS OUT |
DBD LIB |
DBD LIB2 |
PSB LIB |
PSB LIB2 |
ACB LIB |
ACB LIB2 |
SYS IN |
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| DBD compare | DBD= | R | R | R | R | R | ||||
| DBD=member1:member2 | R | R | R | R | R | |||||
| DBD=member,A | R | R | R | R | R | |||||
| PSB compare | PSB= | R | R | R | R | R | ||||
| PSB=member1:member2 | R | R | R | R | R | |||||
| PSB=member,A | R | R | R | R | R | |||||
| ACB compare | ACB= | R | R | R | R | R | ||||
| ACB=member1:member2 | R | R | R | R | R | |||||
| ACB=member,D | R | R | R | R | R | |||||
| ACB=member,P | R | R | R | R | R | |||||
| ACB=member,B | R | R | R | R | R | R | ||||